Shaft

  • Theatrical - Wide 2000-06-15
Box Office Gross: $107,626,125
Running Time: 99 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions

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8/10

Synopsis

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get... See more him acquitted — especially since he’s paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

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PLOT: When his best friend is killed, a young FBI data analyst (Jessie T. Usher) turns to his estranged father for help. It just so happens though that his dad happens to be the baddest muthaf**ker of all time –...
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Review Date: Director: John Singleton Writer: R. Price, J. Singleton, S. Salerno Producers: Scott Rudin and John Singleton Actors: Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft Christian Bale as Walter Williams Jeffrey Wright as Peoples Hernandez Plot: Detective John Shaft quits...

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Review: Shaft

PLOT: When his best friend is killed, a young FBI data analyst (Jessie T. Usher) turns to his estranged father for help. It just so happens though that his dad happens to be the baddest muthaf**ker of all time –...

Method Man joins Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft reboot

New Line Cinema's continuation of the SHAFT franchise is truckin' along, and THR reports that Clifford "Method Man" Smith (KEANU) has been added to the cast. The new SHAFT film will star Jessie T. Usher (INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE) as John...
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